Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-07

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always above par, and General Dodge ha
said the SPLENDID terminal facilities o
Fort Worth would make this city tn
great distributing point for the entir
southwest, and that means that For
Worth will be the unrivalled metrop0li!
of Texas. Railroads in this day and time
come to the cities where they can handle
their business without unnecessary hin
drAnce and delay, and where
they find connections penetrating
all sections. At no point
in Texas, save and except Fort Worth
can these things be found, and therefore
do the eyes OF the railroad projectors
rest on this city, and their plans are laic
to reach Fort Worth.
Justice Harlan OF Inc Supreme cour'
Of the United States has over
ruled the decision of Judge Per-
dee that the bondnolders of the Houston
aad Texas Central had right to have the
road operated IN their interests more
than in the interests of other cre6i tors
and the consequence will be that the roac
Will remain in the hands Of the receivers
for several years to come. With this de-
cision comes the information tho,
A1l- Is AoNluS NeCS1 th44E
laid on the Southern Pacific from N3T
Orleans to Beaumont andson the road to
WoodVllle, which indicates the determin-
alton On his part to connect his
Southern Pacific system with the Fort
Worth and New Orl ans, which he
owns. Mr. Huntington is not asleep to
the opportunities OF the hour, and it is
plain that in the resr future Fort Worth
will have 3 road penetrating the IN
touched pine forests of Southeast Texas
snd have an air line to New Orleans.
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On Tuesday the tcsJ sale of the Texas
and Pacific under orders Of the Uniteo
States court will take place at Marshall
This sale will cover the road from Tex
arkana to Fort Worth via Marshall and
TexsrkaDa to Fort Worth via Whites
boro, and also the RIO Grande division
At the second sale TO be held ct New Or
leans the line from Marshall to New Or
leans will be disposed Of. It is known
tnst g committee representing different
classes Of bondholders has been in
Texas several days and the opinion
Of well informed railroad men is that;the
bOnGholders will buy the road in; that
the company will be reorganiZed and
that Governor Brown, VIII )se manage
ment OF this magnificent piece OF railroad
property has been SO successful, will be
made president of the new Texas and
Pac ic company. There are mauy friends
OF Governor Brown in this city who
would be pleased to see this come to
pass. Mr.. Gould will probably be bid
der also, but it Is by no means certain
that be will not be satisfied it the bond
holders get 1t.
B Peck,Jr. of The syndicate owning the
Fort Worth and Rio Grande, was again
in the city yesterday with another repre-
sentative of the eastern capitalists who
have furnished the sinews Of war to con-
struct this road. These gentlemen have
made tour of the country through which
the road will pass as well as going over
the constructed line, and it comes
from good authority that tbeir
trip is but the first step
oWard the pushing of the extension TO
ssh Angelo President Paddock states
that IS soon as the location OF the line
through the somewhat troublesome valley
Of tae Paluxy is made, and preliminaries
arranged, the building from Granbury
will begin and the work will not stop until
Coleman, Brentwood or San Angelo is
reached. Fort Worth might as we'll be-
gin now to prepare huge warehouses for
the millions of pounds OF wool she will
handle within the next twelve months.
The Fort Worth and Rio Grande will
give the wool men of Texas short haul
for the commodity they handle, and af-
ford them quick transit to the markets Of
the country.
The Denver News views the situation
from high ground and hiss clear vision. 1t
recognizes what Fort Worth is destined
to become, and is anxious for Denver TO
have Fort Worth line. It says:
We announced yesterday morning in
special telegram from Des Moines, Iowg,
the appointment of Mr.. c. E, Meek OF
that city, the present super1nten
dent Of the Wabash and Northwest
ern, to the responsible office Of general
manager of the Denver, Texas and Fort
Worth Railway, the name by which the
corporations now building a broad gauge
line from Denver to Fort Werth, and
thence TO the Gulf Of Mexico a. Calves
ton and New Orleans, will hereafter be
known. In fact the appointment noted
is the first act under the proposed con-
solidstion which in any sense effects
the public. The headquarters of the
consolidated company are established in
Denver, and by Msy l, 1888, we may look
for through trains from Laredo, on the
Rio Grande, ana from Galveston and
New Orleans on the gulf, where direct
connection will be made with the Morgan
line OF steamships. at Laredo connec-
ton is made with General Palmer's
Mexican railway, three divisions Of
which are already constructed and doing
business. In 8 recent letter in the
News, from information gathered In
visit to the locality Of some two or
three weeks duration, Father Zahm
pointed out. the importance OF Fort
Worth to the future trade OF Denver.
Under the. present plan of operating the
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth,
500 miles In length, the Texas and Pa